[center][img]http://i.imgur.com/IWt6eAQ.jpg[/img] [/center][center][h1] [color=f6989d]Princess Aliyeh [/color][/h1][/center]

King Farzan sat on his throne taking visitors and giving advice or help as needed. He was a man of average build and size, still fairly muscled and in decent shape. He was wearing his traditional day robes over pants and a typical shirt threaded in gold with many colorful details on it. Upon his head he wore a smaller crown without jewel adornment.

The king was in his mid forties worrying about his eldest daughter's health and his youngest's manners. Queen Gohan had been spanking their youngest daughter for her mouth when he passed the room she was in. That one was a little hellion he thought as he covered a sly smile with his hand and he nodded at the gift that was delivered of sweets as a woman bowed to him. 

Hearing the door open loudly as it slammed into the wall he looked up to see a large blond warrior enter the room. He noticed he was not sporting his biggest and most deadly weapons so he was here peacefully. Farzan smiled and sat up straighter.

[color=fdc68a]“Wulfric Sundberg, I am, from the settlement Norvegr. I come as a pilgrim on the Path of Jormundyr.”[/color]

[color=00a651]"Welcome Wulfric Sundberg! I am glad to have you here at Montemshaven. I expect you will come to the party tonight in honor of my daughter Avand. It's her twenty first birthday and there will be dancing and food and meed and lots of joy. Please come and celebrate with us."[/color]
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Aliyeh was looking at her clothes for the evening and she was not very happy with her mother's choice. Her mother had chosen the traditional robes that went to the floor. Everything was bright and covered nearly every part of her. She knew her mother would not be happy about her choice, but it was a party and she wanted not to burn up from heat exhaustion.  She called her maid. 

[color=f6989d]"Mahta, please put these away I'm going to dance tonight. I'll be wearing the Blue Bedlah instead. Please lay out the jewels to match."[/color]  Her maid ran to make the changes all the while wondering what the queen would say.

A few moments later Aliyeh sunk into a large brass tub of water and scrubbed herself clean. She couldn't help but remember the warrior with the creepy stare and it sent a warning shiver up her spine. She couldn't help that his stare had made her feel, dirty somehow. Getting out of the brass tub she quickly dried off and began brushing her hair. A few moments later she was dressed. 

Aliyeh had chosen the Blue bedlah with the vertical slits down the side of the flowing sapphire blue skirt. It was sewn with golden threads and beading the hip belt was adorned with golden chains slung from one hip to the other both in the front and the back. It would emphasize her shape and it would jingle and tease as she danced. It sat low on her hips leaving her midriff bare to well below her belly button. She thought it was very sexy as she moved in it.

The top was adorned with beads in blue and gold. She wore a choker that was both gold and blue in color but it was only about an inch wide all the way around. She had earrings that dangled about an inch or so lower than her earlobes and they matched it perfectly. After attaching her sheer sleeves that hooked around her middle finger she slipped her blue dancing slippers on and let Mahta finish her makeup.

Aliyeh looked at her image and frowned. Her hair was not right. She pulled it up into a pony tail and fastened it. Next she added the veil that would cover her face. It would be sheer enough to see through on both sides but it kept the convention of being covered if you weren't married. That and her mother had not seen this latest outfit of hers. It was likely she wouldn't recognize her right off til she got close to her.

Standing up and twirling she looked at Mahta and smiled. [color=f6989d]"This is perfect. For once I get to look the way I want to."[/color]

Doing her best to avoid her mother she sent Mahta with messages as needed. Her mother was so busy with her sisters she barely noticed that Aliyeh was avoiding her. People started gathering in the great hall. Food and meed were to be served all night and there was plenty of music. The king and queen were sitting with her sister Avand who was looking very pale to Aliyeh. She was obviously ill but she wanted to be here as the others did. Aliyeh searched the hall for Aysa. She saw her getting into the desert pastries and her eyes caught sight of her mother grabbing the child by the hair and yanking the pastry from her and swatting her on the butt as she maneuvered her to where the rest of them sat. 

Mahti delivered a written message to the sickly princess who smiled and looked up at the dance floor. Mahti cued the musicians and the music started. Aliyeh moved out of the corner where she was hiding and slid into the room's middle and began to dance. Her hips moved to the rhythm of the music and when the music became faster so did her hips. The dance had some exaggerated movements to it and she managed them perfectly. 

Aliyeh had decided to dance for her sister because she herself had not been well enough to dance in over a year. Out of respect she had kept her dancing practices away from her sister so as not to upset her. They both had been avid dancers and loved it so very much. Aliyeh put all her heart into this dance for Avand. The veil was working quite well as her mother had not figured out who was dancing yet, only Avand knew who it was. After a few minutes a couple more dancers joined Aliyeh on the floor and jumped right in and soon there was a large group of dancers and Aliyeh could mix into the background again. Leaving the back of the group she walked to one of the tables and got something cold to drink. She was careful to not let her veil go up lest her mother figure her out too early.

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